Oxford, currently seconded as a specialist adviser to the homelessness directorate of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Stuart Shorter spent his late teens and adult life alternating between the streets and prison with occasional, mostly short lived, forays into accommodation. He exemplifies the so called “chaotic” homeless people, who are on the streets because, curiously, it is the only place where they can manage. Because their lives are so confused and devastated by addiction, mental health problems, and broken relationships, they cannot cope with the complications presented by having their own place.